Mike Meade short cv

Mike Meade: Short Curriculum Vitae

Personal details

Name:	Dr Michael L. Meade, PhD, BScTech, FHEA, CEng, FIEE
Address:	ICT Department Faculty of Technology Open University Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
Date of birth:	5th July 1943
Family status:	Married, 3 daughters
Email:	m.l.meade@btinternet.com
Telephone:	+44 (0) 1908 652198
Fax:	+44 (0) 1908 654355

Higher Education

BSc Tech, Electrical Engineering 1964
University of Manchester
Faculty of Technology.

PhD, Investigation of noise in Gunn Effect oscillators 1972
University of Reading.

Appointments and Experience

1964-1967
Radiation Laboratory
EMI Electronics Ltd
Feltham
Middlesex

Microwave engineer, research and development.

1967-1972
JJ Thomson Laboratory
University of Reading
Whiteknights
Reading
Berks

Research Assistant. Registered as higher degree student, 1969.

1972 - 1979
Brookdeal Electronics Ltd
Bracknell
Berks

1972 - 1976: Senior Engineer responsible for research and development of photon counting and signal recovery equipment.

1976 - 1979: Technical Manager.

1979 to date
Faculty of Technology
Open University
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA

1979 - 1985 Lecturer in Electronics.

1985 to date: Senior Lecturer in Electronics.

January 1992 - December 1995: Head of Electronics Systems Engineering Department.

January 1996 - December 1999: Dean and Director of Studies, Faculty of Technology.

January 2002 - December 2002: Acting Head of ICT Department.

April 2006 - September 2006: Acting Dean and Director of Studies, Faculty of Technology.

Research Interests prior to joining Open University

1964 - 1967
Research into parametric amplifiers; development of Q-band microwave aerial array in collaboration with the Royal Radar Establishment, Malvern.

1967 - 1971
Research into the noise properties of Gunn effect oscillators, funded by the Royal Radar Establishment, Malvern.

1971 - 1972
Research into photon counting techniques funded by Brookdeal Electronics Ltd., Bracknell.

1972 - 1974
Responsible for the development and commissioning of the first European commercial photon counting equipment, introduced by Brookdeal Electronics in 1974.

1974 - 1979
Research, development and commissioning of advanced lock-in amplifier systems. Travelled extensively as Technical Manager, lecturing on photon counting and signal recovery techniques and running seminars throughout Europe. Responsible for the entire technical support operation in Europe.

Autumn 1978
Seconded to the Technical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to commission a new undergraduate teaching laboratory and organise a series of seminars on research applications of signal recovery equipment.

1979 to date
On joining the Open University, commissioned by the Institute of Physics and the Institution of Electrical Engineers to write review articles on photon counting and lock-in techniques and a post-graduate textbook on lock-in amplifiers. Related research and experimental work facilitated by the loan of devices and equipment from EMI Electron Tubes Ltd., and EG&G Instruments Ltd.

1986 - 1989
Joint holder of SERC/British Telecom Collaborative Research Award for a comprehensive computer-aided filter design system.

Participant in SERC/DTI Teaching Company Scheme Award with Vanderhoff Ltd, Nuneaton. Technical supervision of three Associates working in industry.

1989 to date
Developed interest in the application of the fractional calculus to the study and generation of random fractals for real-time simulations and computer graphics. A publication of preliminary results led to an invitation to collaborate with research groups in Hungary and West Germany under the Trans-European Mobility Scheme. More recent investigations have resulted in a considerable body of theoretical work which has formed the basis of a number of research reports and papers.

Awards and achievements

1971
Awarded Heinrich Hertz Premium by the Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers for "contributions to radio science".

1976
Member of Brookdeal Electronics design team gaining Queen's Award for Technological Achievement.

Teaching Activities at the Open University

Since joining the OU, involved with the preparation and presentation of a number of courses in the Electronics area. Besides writing course texts, these courses have required preparation of TV programmes, design and installation of Summer School Laboratory activities and preparation of Home Kit Laboratory and CAD activities for distance teaching.

1979 - 1981
T283 Introductory Electronics (60-point, 2nd level)

1981 - 1984
Course Chair, T326 Electronic Signal Processing (30-point, 3rd level)

1984 - 1986
T292 Instrumentation (30-point, 2nd level)

1987 - 1990
Deputy Course Team Chair and Course Chair for T202 Analogue and Digital Electronics (60-point, 2nd level)

2000 - 2005
Presentation Chair, T327 Radio-frequency Engineering (30-point, 3rd level)

2007 to date
Production Chair and Presentation Chair for T455 ICT Project course (30-point, 3rd level)

External examiner appointments

1990 - 1994
University of Huddersfield, BEng in Computing and Control.

1996 - 2000
Bolton Institute, MSc in Electronic Engineering and MSc in Digital Signal Processing Applications

2002 - 2005
University of Kent, Foundation Degree in Electronics and Computer Systems

2005 - date
University of Ulster, Foundation Degree in Industrial Electronics

External Examiner for Research Degrees at UMIST and the Universities of Reading, Wales and Huddersfield.

Book publications

Lock-in Amplifiers: Principles and Applications. Peter Peregrinus, 1983, 245 pages.

(with C.R. Dillon) Signals and Systems: Models and Behaviour, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1986, 123 pages

Signals and Systems: Models and Behaviour, new revised Second Edition, 1992, 167 pages.

Signals and Systems: Models and Behaviour, Latin American Edition (Señales y Sistemas), 1993.

Signals and Systems: Models and Behaviour, Italian Edition (Segnali e Sistemi), 1998.

Chapter 7 in Instrument Science and Technology, Vol. 2, Edited by BE Jones, Adam Hilger, 1983.

Articles on Lock-in Amplifiers and Signal Recovery, commissioned by McGraw Hill (New York) for publication in the 6th edition of the Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.

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